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Dissertations from 2023
Influence of Cognitive Performance on Pain Management Among Older Adults with Chronic Pain, Pornthip Suyasith
Negotiating Acculturation: A Qualitative Study of Muslim American Women, Noor N. Tahirkheli
“You’re On Your Own”: Examining the Wellbeing of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Who Have Transitioned into Adulthood in the United States, Hannah E. Taverna
Resolution of Diagnosis Among Parents of Children Diagnosed with Autism, Deanna C. Toner
Enhancing Security and Privacy for Voice Assistant Systems, Bang Quanghai Tran
Addressing Health Crises through Courts? Climate Litigation in Latin America, the Right to Health and Vulnerable Populations, Thalia Viveros Uehara
Experiences of Mothers Forming Relationships with Their Infants and Toddlers While Living in Shelter: A Qualitative Exploration, Katherine T. Volk
LSD1-Mediated Epigenetic Reprogramming Driving Prostate Cancer Progression, Zifeng Wang
Investigating Gender and Racial Bias of a Universal Social-Emotional and Behavioral Screening Tool, Anna M. Whitehouse
Developing an Effective Network Congestion Control Solution for Large-Scale Disaggregated Storage Systems, Xiaoqian Zhang
Control of Cell Fate Decisions and Tissue Growth by the Hippo Pathway, Heya Zhao
Dissertations from 2022
Caged Animals: The Reproduction of Social and Educational Inequalities in Indian Secondary Schools, Vishakha Agarwal
Reinforcement Learning-Based Semantic Search for Recommendation, Richard Anarfi
Therapeutic Alliance in Suicide Risk Assessments, Lucia Andrade
A Study of Several Critical Machine Learning Topics and Their Applications in Health Informatics, Olga Andreeva
Peace through Sport Post-1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Katherine A. Aronson-Ensign
Analytical Framework for Entropy Regularized Reinforcement Learning Using Probabilistic Inference, Argenis A. Arriojas Maldonado
Schooling With Racial Equity at the Center: A Case Study Exploration of One Elementary School-Based Leadership Team, Michael L. Baulier
Assessing Without Proficiency: The Impact of Standardized Testing on English Learners in Massachusetts, Michael Berardino
Structure-Activity Relationships for Manganese (I) Bipyridine Based Carbon Dioxide Reduction Electrocatalysts, Vanna Blasczak
Stochastic Paths of Dynamically Functioning Materials, Rebecca A. Bone
Reframing the Silent Burden of Perinatal Mental Health in South Africa: Applying a Governance and Human Rights Perspective, Shelley M. Brown
Evaluating Perceptions of Participatory Mapping for Public Decision-Making Using Seasketch, Charla M. Burnett
Climate Displacement, Migration and Relocation in the United States: Resistance, Restoration and Resilience in the Coastal South, Debra Maria Butler-Ulloa
On the Roles of Trait Anxiety and Toll Like Receptor 4 in Amphetamine Sensitization in Adolescent Male Rats, Corey A. Calhoun
"The School Nurse Talks About How to Keep Your Body Healthy. Doesn’t Really Talk About Food Allergies. I’d Like to Change That", Sadie C. Cathcart
Development, Implementation, and Investigation of an Asset-Based Approach to Supporting General Chemistry Students, Klaudja Caushi
Exploring Relations of Work, Organization, and Technology in Contemporary Society, Sunyu Chai
Damming Sustainability: How Social and Environmental Networks Influence the Construction and Management of Large Dams in the Amazon Basin, V. Miranda Chase
Emotion Focused Writing and Psychoeducation: Interventions to Reduce Stigma for Bisexual Men, Rachel Chickerella
Patterns of Emotional Processing and the Psychological Impact of Heterosexism, Kathleen M. Collins
Finding the Meaning of Naloxone: Perceptions of the Administration of an Opioid Antagonist Drug Among Police Officers, Michelle N. Crist
The Relationship Between Nursing Quality and Patient Experience in Acute Care Settings, Julie Ann Cronin
Understanding Nurse Practitioners' Contributions in Shaping Healthcare, Barbara Ann Cuccovia
Machine Learning Based Algorithms to Investigate Protein Structure, Ramin Dehghanpoor
Re-Envisioning Self and Community: The Experiences of Pilipina American Students With Colonial Mentality and Decolonization, Kristine Angelica Din
Edge Assignment and Data Valuation in Federated Learning, Thuy T. Do
A Fruit Story: From Biogeographical Differences in Seed Dispersal to Changes in Fruiting Phenology Over Time, Phillip J. Dugger
Discovery of Antibody-Based Immunotherapy and Applications for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Monir Ejemel
The Relationship Between Cancer Beliefs and Attitudes With Breast and Cervical Cancers Screening Among Minority Women in the U.S. (2014-2019), Ahdab F. Eskandar
Implementing the Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable (Care) Act Law: A Case Study in Massachusetts, Louise E. Ford
Body Image Experiences Among Black American Sexual Minority Women, Alison E. A. Goldblatt
Substantially Silent: Exploring the Variability of “Voice” at the Intersection of Race and Dis/Ability in a Restrictive Special Education Placement, Christopher N. Hall
Perceived Discrimination and Health Outcomes in Older Adults, Meghan Hendricksen
Professional Identity Development of Asian American & Pacific Islander AANAPISI Staff, Sara Boxell Hoang
The Once and Future Shoreline: The Evolution of the Urban Waterfront in Boston, Courtney Humphries
The Impact of ADHD Diagnosis on the Experiences of People Involved in the Justice System, Sarah Kuck Jalbert
Teacher Mindfulness Competencies in the K-12 School Setting, Jessica Frances Janze
Implementation of the Massachusetts Policy on Youth Sport-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries: Perceptions of Key Personnel at Massachusetts Public and Charter Schools, Gretchen Anderson Kilbourne
Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior Among Women in Malawi: With a Specific Focus on the HPV Screening Test, Deogwoon Kim
Opening the Halls of Power: Implementing a Community Organizing Approach to Parent Engagement in New York City’s Community Schools, Andrew R. King
Indian Women Construction Workers' Social Construction of Human Security, Chantal Ann Krcmar
The Role of Skeletal Muscle Drp1-Mediated Mitochondrial Fission in Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance, Benjamin A. Kugler
Three Essays on Classification Shifting, Sunil Kumar
A Hybrid Transformer-Knowledge Graph-Based Recommender System, Benjamin Adetor Kwapong
Host-Pathogen Interactions in a Changing World: Microbes, Mucosal Defenses, and Multiple Hosts, Brandon C. LaBumbard
The Influence of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices on African American Student’s Sense of Belongingness in Urban Classrooms, Tamara Katherine Lawson
Dismantling Power and Patriarchy: Reconceptualizing Entrepreneurship through Feminist Research Methods, Heatherjean MacNeil
Resilience of Saudi Critical Care Nurses: The Impact of Job Stress, Peer/Coworker Support, and Organizational Support, Salwa Mohammad Maghrabi
Essays on Race, Class, Hospital Cultural Competence and COVID-19 Disparities, Rumel Mahmood
Distress, Dilemma, and Decisions- Household Aspirations and Migration Decisionmaking in Rural India, Kundan Mishra
The Migration-Security Nexus in South-South Population Flows: Securitization of Haitian Migration in the Dominican Republic, Jean-Pierre D. Murray
Essays on Shareholder Litigation, Prianka M. Musa
From Theory to Practice: The Lived Mobility Experiences of Children With Disabilities in Informal Settlements Accessing and Participating In Primary School Education, Esther Muthoni Nganga
Neighborhood and Environmental Predictors of At-Risk and Problem Gambling in Massachusetts, Kendra E. Pugh
Navigating Change: Three Case Studies of Corporate Decision Making, Honggang Qiu
Understanding Environmental Justice Instruction in Higher Education: Activist Epistemic Orientations and a Continuum of Community Engaged Curricular and Pedagogical Practice, Christopher James Rabe
Beyond the Single Story: Integrating Human and Natural Systems to Understand Environmental Change, Michael Steven Roy
Associations Between Concepts of the Family Management Style Framework, and Measures of Child Adherence to Treatment for Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Heather Harker Ryan
Opportunities and Challenges for Meeting the Triple Bottom Line of Sustainability in the Sugar Kelp Farming Sector, Brianna Kathleen Shaughnessy
Race, Gender, and Conflict: How Women’s NGOs Build Peace and Enhance Gender Justice in Colombia, Safiya Kemba St. Clair
Design Framework of UAV-Based Environment Sensing, Localization, and Imaging System, Yue Sun
Relationship Between Black High School Students’ Algebra Test Scores and Their Intent oo Pursue a College STEM Major, Thierno Tall
Factors Associated With College Men’s Sexual Behaviors, Sarin Tapalyan
21st Century Identity Politics and Social Protest: How the Dynamics of Race and Gender Influence Black Women's Decision to Run for Congress, An Exploratory Study, Susan J. Telingator
“A Really Beautiful Personal Journey” A Narrative Study Examining How Formal and Informal LGBTQ+ Resources, Services, and Experiences Shape College Students’ Sexual Identity Development, Meghan Lindsley Todd
Dismantling Power Imbalances in Mental Health Care: Anti-Racist Organizational Change in the Field of Mental Health, Rebecca L. Troeger
Quantifying Life History Energetics of an Oviparous Elasmobranch Subject to Future Warming Water, Carolyn R. Wheeler
Evaluating the Efficacy of an Expressive Writing Intervention in Reducing Distress Following an Experience of Transphobia, Lindsey White
The Role of Physical Activity and Gender as Moderators for the Relationship Between Insomnia and Depression, Claire E. Wickersham
Quantum Dynamics of One-Dimensional Particles With Different Masses, Dmitry Yampolsky
Examining Culturally Adapted, Values Based, Mental Health Stigma Reduction and Help-Seeking Messages for Asian Americans, Anna M. Ying
Three Essays on Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, and Corporate Social Responsibility, Hong Zhou
Investment and Management Decisions and Strategies in Volatile Environments, Xiaochen Zhu
Dissertations from 2021
The Influence of Social Interactions on Behavior and Decision-Making in Supply Chains and E-Commerce, Mohsen Ahmadian
Effects of Real-World Data Challenges on Generalization in Applied Machine Learning and Time Series Modeling, Matthew Almeida
Measuring the Effects of Urbanization and Hurricane Maria on the Tropical Lizard Anolis Cristatellus: Morphometrics, Ecology, and Population Genomics, Kevin J. Aviles-Rodriguez
Self-Compassion Among Roommates: An Investigation of Interpersonal Effects, Bryan Balvaneda
Sustainable Investing in U.S. Private Sector Workplace Retirement Plans: A New Institutionalist Perspective, Bridget Bearden